Dhanush had, in a recent interview to a TV channel, talked about how Vetrimaran and himself had to struggle to find a producer for this script. An indication as to how much the filmmaker has been through to make it.

The latest in the series is a legal notice from the correspondent of Thiagaraja College, who has demanded removal of the dialogue in the film that speaks about the college in a derogatory sense. In one of the scenes in the movie Dhanush laments to his father about how his friends' fathers had extended them good education by procuring them admission in Medical and Engineering colleges by paying huge sums of money while he was educated in Thiagaraja College, a college in North Madras that provides education for those from the neighborhood, and admitted to a mere B.A. degree. The correspondent feels that this dialogue shows the college in poor light and that the frequent clips of this scene aired on TV further adds to the embarrassment. He has asked them to apologize for having included the scene in the movie and pay a compensation of 50 lakhs towards defamation within 7 days failing which they would have to face dire consequences. The producers are consulting their legal experts on this matter. A similar case came up when the film Kadhal hit the theaters but later died down. As to where this case leads to we will have to wait and watch.